Rissland Olivia S, Mikulasova Andrea, Norbury Chris J
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom.
Mol Cell Biol. 2007 May;27(10):3612-24. doi: 10.1128/MCB.02209-06. Epub 2007 Mar 12.
Nuclear poly(A) polymerase (PAP) polyadenylates nascent mRNAs, promoting their nuclear export, stability, and translation, while the related cytoplasmic polymerase GLD-2 activates translation of deadenylated mRNAs. Here we characterize the biochemical activity of fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Cid1, a putative cytoplasmic PAP implicated in cell cycle checkpoint controls. Surprisingly, Cid1 has robust poly(U) polymerase activity in vitro, especially when isolated in native multiprotein complexes. Furthermore, we found that upon S-phase arrest, the 3' ends of actin mRNAs were posttranscriptionally uridylated in a Cid1-dependent manner. Finally, Hs2 (ZCCHC6), a human ortholog of Cid1, shows similar activity. These data suggest that uridylation of mRNA forms the basis of an evolutionarily conserved mechanism of gene regulation.
核聚腺苷酸聚合酶(PAP)为新生mRNA加上聚腺苷酸尾,促进其核输出、稳定性及翻译,而相关的胞质聚合酶GLD-2则激活去腺苷酸化mRNA的翻译。在此,我们对粟酒裂殖酵母Cid1的生化活性进行了表征,Cid1是一种与细胞周期检查点控制有关的假定胞质PAP。令人惊讶的是,Cid1在体外具有强大的聚尿苷酸聚合酶活性,尤其是当它以天然多蛋白复合物形式分离时。此外,我们发现,在S期阻滞时,肌动蛋白mRNA的3'端以Cid1依赖的方式在转录后被尿苷酸化。最后,Cid1的人类同源物Hs2(ZCCHC6)表现出类似的活性。这些数据表明,mRNA的尿苷酸化构成了一种进化上保守的基因调控机制的基础。